Toy bank



Oct. 6, 1931.

w. c. scHNlER 1,826,528

TOY BANK Filed Feb. lO, 1950 if open position.v

Patented Oct.. 6, 1931 VWILLIAivr c. lscnirrnza, or

PATENT OFFICE l ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-'HALF TO JOHN S. YIIEMLEY, F ST'. LOUIS, MISSOURI l TOY BANK Application filed February10, 1930. Serial No. 427,229.

Y, YThis invention lrelates to toy banks, and particularly, small banksof the kind that Y inancial'institutions furnish their customers Y ordepositors for the purpose 'of promoting 1;;'5 the saving of money byendeavoring toteach :individuals the habit of frequently deposit- 'ingcoins in a small bank,vwhich, after being filled, can be taken by theindividual to a financial institution, and there opened by an 13310authorized person and the contents 'of the bank deposited to? the creditof the individual.

The main object of my invention is tofprovide a toy bank or small bankofthe general type mentioned, that is compact, inexpensive 2315.150manufacture and of vsuch design that after Y money has been deposited insame said money can be' removed only by an authorized person, vwhich'may be the parent or guardian of a child or an oiiicialfof afinancial institution.

Figure '1 of the Vdrawings is ai front elevational viewy of a toy bankconstructed in accordancey withmy invention.

Figure 2 is a side'elevational view, partly broken away, and showing thedrawer in its p Figure 3 is a perspective view of the drawer j of thebank.

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view of the Figure -5 is a horizontalsectional View, taken on the line "5-5 of Figure 4.

My improved bank consists'of a housing l f A ,of any preferred shape andconstructed from any suitable material. Usually, the housing A will beconstructed` of metal and madeof substantially box-shape in generalVloutline. fIn 'the form of my' inventionherein illustrated thetop l andthe two sidewalls 2 of Vthe housing are formed from a single piece ofmetal and the front wall 3 and rear wall l 4 of the housing are formedfrom separate pieces of metal provided with flanges 5 that are connectedin any suitable way'to the piece of metal that constitutes the topandside walls of the housing. A drawer B is slidingly" mounted in thehousing A, preferably in a transversely-disposed opening at the upperend ofy the front wall of the housing in W Y such a manner that saiddrawer can be ino-ved outwardlyV into its open position, as shown 1nFigure 4, by a lock 7 that is governed or con- Figure 2, so as to permitmoney to be deposlted in the drawer, and 'thereafter moved lnwardly intoits closed position, so as to cause the money that was deposited in thedrawer B to be discharged from same into f Vthe lower portion of thehousing A. Usually,

the drawer B will be equipped with a hinged or pivotally mounted bottom6, arranged in such a way that when the drawer B is in its openposition, said bottom 6 will occupy a horizontal position, and thusco-operate with the vertical walls of the drawer to constitute a moneyreceptacle, and when the drawer B vis moved into its closed position,said bottom 6 will swing downwardly, as shown in Figure 555 4, and thuscause the money in the drawer to be automatically discharged from sameIn order that money may be removed from the bank only by an authorizedperson, the housing A is provided with a key-controlled door or closureC, which is herein illustrated as being formed by the bottom ofthehousing A,`.said. bottom or closure C being normally maintained inits closed position, shown in trolled by a key 17a.

One of the novel and desirable characteristics of my bank is that thesliding drawer B is mounted in the housing A in such a way that saiddrawer can be easily opened or closed, but after said drawer has beencombined with the housing A, in the operation of manufacturing the bank,it is impossible to remove the drawer from the housing or disassemblethe drawer and housing without mutilating the bank, the purpose ofconstructing the bank in this way being to eliminate the possibility ofa dishonest or unauthorized person completely withdrawing the drawerBfrom the housing A and then shaking the money out of the housing throughthe drawer opening in the front wall of the housing. In order toattainthis highly desirable result and at the same time produce a toybank or small savings bank that can be manufactured` ata very low cost,I provide the side members of the drawer B withlaterally-projectingvflanges 8 that are'slidingly mounted in flangewaysor grooves 9 at the eX- treme upper ends of the side walls 2 of the 100housing which are formed preferably by forming folds in the piece' ofmetal that constitutes the'top and sidewalls of the housing adjacent thepoints where said top and side wallsY join each other. Thus, as' shownin Figure 1, the side edges'of the top 1 ofthe housing Aare joined tothe upper ends of the side wallsV 2 byV integral, horizontally-disposed,U-shapedelements 10. that form the grooves or-'flangeways for thelaterally-pro-.L jeoting flangesS on the drawer B. When the drawer B ismovedv forwardly into its open position-a depending flangeor stop 11 atthe rear end of the drawer vstrikesagainst the:

front wall 3 of the housing and arrests the Vforward movement( of thedrawer. l In order vtoprevent the drawer B from being tilteddownwardlywhen it is in its open Aposition .sufficiently ytoeausetherear member of the drawer Vto Vclear the top edge of the drawer openinginthe housing in which the drawer slides, I have provided the drawer BYwith an anti-tilting device D thatco-aots with the top 1 of the housingA. Yariousmeans maybe used to form the drawer anti-tilting means -ofthestructure,"but one means that I have `found to be efficient and veryinexpensive toY construct consists of a strip of metal, preferablyspring metal, attached to the rearmember of the drawer B 4and bent so asto form a Vdiverging 'or substantially V-shaped device at the rear endof the drawer, which strikes against the underside of the top 1 of thehousing A, and thus prevents the drawer B fromrb'eing tilted downwardly,inthe event an attempt is made to completely remove the drawer or disassemble it' from the housing by 4 tilting it downwardly whensaiddrawer is in its open position. i The transversely-disposed strip ordevice D -is connected'intermediate Y its endsbyrivets or any vothersuitabley means 12 to therear member of thedrawer, as shownY in Figure3, and the endportions of isaid Y strip are bent rearwardly' away fromthe rear member of the drawer.

after the drawer B been assembled or '.ar'ranged in operative positioninthehous-V Y ing A, the stop 11 and the device D at the rearend of thedrawervwill co-operate with the front wall 3 and the topl, respectively,

of ,the housing to: effectively prevent the drawer "from, vbeingcompletely withdrawn fromthe housingt Due to the fact that the device Dis formed from *resilient materialk vor spring material, the endportionsofrsaid f device can nbe pressed inwardly towards the rearmember ofthe drawerand heldin such a position during'` the operation ofhooking the i stop 11 over the bottom4 edge of the opening over whichthe Vdrawer slides that the top edge of the Yrearmemberof the drawerwill f clear the top edge of the drawerv opening, "thereby enablingthe'drawer to be easily rin- VV'troduced into the housing, but vas soonas the ci* Consequently, e

said end portions will spring away from the rear member of the drawer,and thus permanently look the drawer in the housing in such 1nproportion said bottom in such a way that when the drawer is movedoutwardly into its open position, as shown in Figure 2, said .bottomwill be held in Noverlappin'grelationship Vwith flanges 14 onthe drawerby the pressure ofthe bottom (Yon the lower edgeV of the. opening in thefront wall of the casing in which the drawer slides. v If desired,` the'frontwall 3 ofthe housing A canbe offset" inwardly adj @Cent the `loweredge n0f `the drawer Openings 3S indicated by the reference 'chara'oterLin Figure 2, so asfto reoeivea Y depending flange or stop-15 on thefront membery of the drawerrwhenv the drawer is in its'.`

closed position, as showninFigure 4, there.- jlby causing the frontmembe'rfofY the drawer to lie substantially flush with the front wallVof the housing A. rI "he location Vand particuvlar tvpe'ofkey-controlled door or closure the housing A isV equipped with isimmaterial, but when the bottom ofthe housingis made `removablegandvequipped with Va key-controlled lock 7 as herein illustrated, saidubottom() can -be shaped so as to form a groove or substantially U-shapedparten one'of its edges thatis adapted-to'reoeivel ahorizontally-disposed flange 17 d carried by one-of the upright wallsofthe housing, 'foreXample,r

the front vwall 3 andthe lock 7 canbe provided with a bolt orotherretaining member 7a, which,rwhen arranged Vin .its operative position,VYas shown in Figure L1,"la1os over a fpart 18 carried bv an opposedupright Vwall of the housing', for eXamplerthe-rear wall,-r`

and thus securely holds the'b'ottomAC its Y.

/olosed position. I f

l Havingthus described my invention', what Iclaim as new anddesire;to'seoure by Let- AtersPatent is:

1./A tov bank, comprising` a'housing provided with a closure. equippedvwith a lock, a sliding drawer linsaid housingjthat is adapted to haveAmoney deposited vin same when saidy drawer isin .its ooenvposition,means forcausing the money to be discharged from said drawer when thedrawer-is moved into its closed position, means for limiting the outwardmovementof thedrawer, and an anti-tiltingjdeviee carried bv the rearmember of the drawer thatisfadaptedito `co-aet 1 with the 'top of the'housing to lprevent the Y drawer from being .completely withdrawn fromthe housing.r

endy portions ofVV the device D are released#d 4 VQ .Alcoy bank,Comprising a cwl'og hou'singls( .v v v ...m

. having a drawer opening in one of its walls f walls adjacent the topof the housing, a sliding .drawer mounted in said opening and providedvwith a hinged bottom, laterally-projecting flanges on the side membersof the drawer at the top edges of same, grooves for said flanges locatedat the junction of the side walls and top of the housing, a stop on therear member of thedrawer that is adapted to strike against the frontwall of the housing when the drawer is moved into its open position, andan anti-tilting device on the rear member of the .drawer that is adaptedto co-act with the top of the housing to prevent the ldrawer from beingtilted linto a position to disengage said stop from said front wall.

4. A toy bank, comprising a closed housing provided in its front wallwith a drawer opening located adjacent the top of the housing, a slidingdrawer in said drawer opening provided with means for causing thecontents of the drawer to be discharged into the housing when the`drawer is moved into its closed position, co-acting means on the drawerand housing located at the to edge of the drawer and adjacent the top orthe housing for sustaining and guiding the drawer, means for limitingthe forward movement of the Vdrawer,.and a resilient anti-tilting deviceon the rear member of the drawer that yco-acts with the top of thehousing to prevent the drawer from being completely removed from thehousing. l

' 5. A toy bank, consisting of a closed housing provided with atop andside walls formed V.from a piece of metal that is bent to form angewayslocated at the junction of said top and side walls, a drawer slidinglymountedk in an opening in the front wall of the housing and providedwith flanges that are positioned in said flangeways, a -stop on the rearmember of the drawer that is adapted to strike against the front wall ofthe housing ,when the drawer is moved forwardly into its open position,and a substantially V-shaped,

resilient anti-tilting device at the rear end ofl the drawer that isadapted to co-act with the n top wall of the housing.-

6. A toy bank, consisting of a closed housving provided with a topand'side walls formed from a piece of metal that is bent to formilangeways located at the junction of said top and side walls, a drawerslidingly mounted in an opening in the front wall of the housing andprovided with flanges that are positioned in said flangeways, a stop onthe rear member of the drawer that is adapted to strike against thefront wall of the housing when the drawer is moved forwardly into itsopen position, a substantially V-shaped, resilient anti-tilting deviceat the rear end of the drawer that is adapted to co-act with the topwall of the housing, a depending flange on the front member of thedrawer, an offset portion on the front wall of the housing for receivingsaid depending flange when the drawer is closed, and a removable bottomfor said housing provided with a key-controlled lock.

WILLIAM C. SCHNIER.

